[GRASS-dev] [bug #4493] (grass) gis.m fails to start GUI

[Michael Barton]

I think the options database is an 8.4 addition (Cedric can verify). I'm
using 8.4 docs so I don't know what else, but wouldn't be surprised if there
are some.

I think that Glynn is fixing (or maybe has fixed) NVIZ. Also, I have a grad
student who is using Debian (I can ask him the distro when he gets in) and
the current GIS Manager with no problem. ????

Michael
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> From: Hamish <hamish_nospam at yahoo.com>
> Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 07:15:18 +1200
> To: Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu>
> Cc: <grass-bugs at intevation.de>, <grass-dev at grass.itc.it>
> Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] [bug #4493] (grass) gis.m fails to start GUI
> 
>> TclTk 8.4.01 was released September 2002, when GRASS 4.something was
>> still current and GRASS 5 was in development. TclTk 8.5 is now in beta
>> and we are now talking about switching to a new GUI platform. TclTk is
>> open source and anyone can update to at least an old version of 8.4.
>> 
>> There are just not enough of us to maintain compatibility so far back
>> into prior versions, and it would affect both usability and appearance
>> of the GUI. We are maintaining the old d.m, which I believe is
>> compatible with 8.3 at least and maybe back to 8.1. The fixes to
>> maintain backward compatibility 4 years back are more than I have time
>> to do (especially to try and find workarounds for functionality from
>> 8.4 that we are using) and is very low on my priority list.
> 
> note NVIZ still doesn't work 100% with TclTk 8.4 on debian. This is
> because of bugs which should be fixed, but in the mean time we are left
> with a no-win compromise, either NVIZ working or gis.m working; not both.
> 
> what else besides "-offrelief" isn't tcltk 8.3 compatible in gis.m?
> If it is small work to support 8.3, we should try.
> 
> 
> Hamish